gingerfold:
Carryfast:
Firstly comparing the figures of the successes of the Hurricane v the Spit during the Battle of Britain aren’t based on a like with like comparison because the Spitfire was involved with more fighter v fighter action than the Hurricane.Saying that the Hurricane was a good bomber killer is just the same as saying that it was no good as a dogfighter which is what matters in a battle for air superiority.The fact is if the Spitfires hadn’t have been taking on the fighters then the Hurricane would have had no chance.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p013fly8 {/quote]
I don’t disagree with you, like I said, you use your equipment to its strengths. But with something like air fighting, which not one of us on here has any first hand experience of, the skills, experience, and ability of the pilots from each air force must surely be a significant factor and not something we can quantify. In the first few weeks of the B of B there were far more Hurricanes involved than Spitfires and many recorded victories by Hurricanes in dog fights. Pilot skills, abilty, and experience maybe rather than aeroplane inferiority or superiority?
Don’t be too sure about no-one on the thread having fighter pilot experience “GF”,why “CF” as flown in every major conflict starting with Korea then Vietnam as well as the Arab Israeli conflicts,without him air superiority could never have been achieved by the Yanks or the Israeli’s,and who do you think landed that crippled BA airliner at LHR last week ? He skydived onto the Airliner and took control for the landing !! 
